Chiddingstone, The Village 1891
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This unspoiled row of 16th- and 17th-century half-timbered houses facing onto the church was built and owned mainly by small farmers and tradesmen, who formed the backbone of the rural affluent society. Behind the houses is the 'Chiding Stone', a bulbous lump of sandstone to which scolds were brought to learn the error of their ways; legend has it that it gave the village its name, but it is more likely to have been derived from 'Ciddingas', the people of a Saxon named Cidd.
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